Probolomyrmex
Probolomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Proceratiinae. The genus is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics. The ants are very rare, and are rarely collected in the field, but they appear to be nesting in the leaf litter or in rotten wood. Little is known about their biology.
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Probolomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Proceratiinae. The genus is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics. The ants are very rare, and are rarely collected in the field, but they appear to be nesting in the leaf litter or in rotten wood. Little is known about their biology.
==Species== Probolomyrmex aliundus Shattuck, Gunawardene & Heterick, 2012 Probolomyrmex bidens Brown, 1975 Probolomyrmex boliviensis Mann, 1923 Probolomyrmex brevirostris (Forel, 1910) Probolomyrmex brujitae Agosti, 1995 Probolomyrmex curculiformis Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2014 Probolomyrmex dammermani Wheeler, 1928 Probolomyrmex filiformis Mayr, 1901 Probolomyrmex greavesi Taylor, 1965 Probolomyrmex guanacastensis O'Keefe & Agosti, 1998 Probolomyrmex guineensis Taylor, 1965 Probolomyrmex itoi Eguchi, Yoshimura & Yamane, 2006 Probolomyrmex latalongus Shattuck, Gunawardene & Heterick, 2012 Probolomyrmex longinodus Terayama & Ogata, 1988 Probolomyrmex longiscapus Xu & Zeng, 2000 Probolomyrmex maryatiae Eguchi, Yoshimura & Yamane, 2006 Probolomyrmex newguinensis Shattuck, Gunawardene & Heterick, 2012 Probolomyrmex okinawensis Terayama & Ogata, 1988 Probolomyrmex petiolatus Weber, 1940 Probolomyrmex procne Brown, 1975 Probolomyrmex salomonis Taylor, 1965 Probolomyrmex simplex Shattuck, Gunawardene & Heterick, 2012 Probolomyrmex tani Fisher, 2007 Probolomyrmex vieti Eguchi, Yoshimura & Yamane, 2006 Probolomyrmex watanabei Tanaka, 1974 Probolomyrmex zahamena Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2014